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IAC Express 2007 |
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Contents
of this Issue
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- New: FDA
advisory panel selects vaccine strains that will make up the U.S.
influenza vaccine for 2007-08
- New:
April 2007 issue of Vaccinate Adults is on the Web and soon to be mailed
- HHS
officially approves reorganization of CDC's Coordinating Center for
Infectious Diseases
- March 28
issue of IAC's Hep Express electronic newsletter now online
- English
and Spanish VISs for most child and adult vaccines now in audio,
multimedia, and web-page video format
- CDC
issues "Summary of Notifiable Diseases—United States, 2005"
- Register
now for the B Informed 2007 patient conference
- CDC
reports on progress toward polio eradication in Nigeria in 2005-06
- AIM
Provider Toolkit is a resource guide for immunization in Michigan
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Connections in Health Care conference scheduled for June 20-21 in Duluth,
MN
- Public
Health Congress planned for July 16-18 in Washington, DC
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AAFP, American Academy of Family Physicians; AAP,
American Academy of Pediatrics; ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices; AMA, American Medical Association; CDC, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention; FDA, Food and Drug Administration; IAC, Immunization
Action Coalition; MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; NCIRD,
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; NIVS, National
Influenza Vaccine Summit; VIS, Vaccine Information Statement; VPD,
vaccine-preventable disease; WHO, World Health Organization. |
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Issue 655: April 2, 2007 |
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New: FDA advisory panel selects vaccine strains that will make up the U.S.
influenza vaccine for 2007-08
The FDA website recently posted the following
information about the selection of the vaccine strains that will compose the
U.S.
influenza vaccine for the 2007-08 influenza season.
FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory
Committee (VRBPAC) met in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on February
28, 2007, to select the influenza virus strains for the
composition of the influenza vaccine for use in the 2007-2008
U.S. influenza season. During this meeting, the advisory panel
reviewed and evaluated the surveillance data related to
epidemiology and antigenic characteristics, serological
responses to 2006/2007 vaccines, and the availability of
candidate strains and reagents.
The panel recommended that vaccines to be used in the 2007-2008
influenza season in the U.S. contain the following:
- An A/Solomon Islands/3/2006 (H1N1)-like virus;
- An A/Wisconsin/67/2005 (H3N2)-like virus;
- A B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like virus
The influenza vaccine composition to be used in the 2007-2008
influenza season in the U.S. is identical to that recommended by
the World Health Organization on February 14, 2007.
To access the information from the FDA website, go to:
http://www.fda.gov/cber/flu/flu2007.htm
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New: April 2007 issue of
Vaccinate Adults is on the Web and soon to be mailed
IAC will soon be mailing the latest issue of
Vaccinate Adults
(April 2007) to 145,000 adult medicine specialists and others
who work in the field of immunization. Packed with immunization
resources for health professionals and patients, the 12-page
issue is well worth downloading. All articles and education
pieces have been thoroughly reviewed by immunization and
hepatitis experts at CDC.
HOW TO READ VACCINATE ADULTS ON THE WEB
You can view selected articles from the table of contents below
or download the entire issue from the Web.
To view the table of contents with links to individual articles,
go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va
The PDF file of the entire issue, linked below, is large. For
tips on downloading and printing PDF files, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/tips.htm
To download a ready-to-print (PDF) version of the April issue,
go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va19.pdf
Below are descriptions of articles published in the April issue,
followed by links:
GENERAL IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION
(1) In "Ask the experts," immunization and hepatitis experts
from CDC answer questions about vaccines and their recommended
use.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va19exprt.pdf
ADULT IMMUNIZATION (two resources)
(1) "Healthcare personnel vaccination recommendations" includes
the most current recommendations for the following vaccines:
measles-mumps-rubella; tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis;
and varicella.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va/hcw_recomendations.pdf
(2) Formatted for easy photocopying, the four-page "Recommended
adult immunization schedule, U.S., October 2006–September 2007"
is a must-have reference for health professionals who see adult
patients.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va19adultsched.pdf
VIRAL HEPATITIS
(1) "Viral hepatitis education materials for patients and staff"
offers five resources: two professional-education sheets and
three patient-screening questionnaires. The professional
materials reflect the most current information on hepatitis A,
B, and C. The patient questionnaires inform patients on who
should receive hepatitis A and B vaccines and who should be
tested for hepatitis C. All can be downloaded.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of the page, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va/hepatitismaterials.pdf
IAC RESOURCES (two resources)
(1) "Essential immunization resources from IAC" presents a
succinct overview and catalog of IAC's resources.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va19resour.pdf
(2) Written by IAC's executive director, Deborah L. Wexler, MD,
"Immunization Action Coalition resources keep you current!"
presents a succinct overview of new vaccines and new vaccine
recommendations that are pertinent to adult immunization. It
concludes with information about IAC and CDC resources that can
help health professionals stay up to date about immunization
news.
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/va/va19back.pdf
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HHS officially approves
reorganization of CDC's Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
On March 23, CDC News, a publication of CDC's
Office of
Enterprise Communications, announced that the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) officially approved the
reorganization of CDC's Coordinating Center for Infectious
Diseases (CCID). Portions of the announcement are reprinted
below.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael
O. Leavitt has officially approved the reorganization of CDC's
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases (CCID). Effective
immediately, CCID is officially realigned into a new
organizational structure with four national centers and two
consolidated organizations designed to provide services across
all four new centers. . . .
CCID's new structure now includes the National Center for
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), directed by
RADM [Rear Admiral] Anne Schuchat, MD, USPHS [United States
Public Health Service]; the National Center for Zoonotic,
Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED), directed by Lonnie
King, DVM; the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis,
STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), directed by Kevin Fenton, MD,
PhD; and the National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and
Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID), directed by Rima
Khabbaz, MD. . . .
To access the complete announcement, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/about/news/2007/03/ccid_reorg.htm
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March 28 issue of IAC's Hep
Express electronic newsletter now online
The March 28 issue of Hep Express, an electronic
newsletter
published by IAC, is now available online. It is intended for
health professionals, program planners, and advocates involved
in prevention, screening, and treatment of viral hepatitis.
IAC Express has already covered some of the information
presented in the March 28 Hep Express; titles of articles we
have not yet covered follow.
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Bay Area students promote hepatitis B awareness
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Journal articles you may have missed
To access the March 28 issue, go to:
http://www.hepprograms.org/hepexpress/issue54.asp
To sign up for a free subscription to Hep Express, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/subscribe
To access previous issues of Hep Express, go to:
http://www.hepprograms.org/hepexpress
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English and Spanish VISs for most
child and adult vaccines now in audio, multimedia, and web-page video format
Healthy Roads Media recently announced that
English and Spanish
VISs are offered on its website in three enhanced formats (in
addition to print): audio, multimedia, and web-page video. VISs
in all formats are available for most of the common child and
adult vaccines (chickenpox, DTaP, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, Hib,
MMR, inactivated influenza, pneumococcal polysaccharide, Td, and
polio).
VISs in the enhanced formats are available in full-content
versions and short versions (less than 4 minutes). The short
versions, which cover key concepts about each vaccine, are
intended for use in busy clinical settings or when multiple
vaccines are being administered during a patient visit.
The print and enhanced VISs are available at no charge. To
access them, go to:
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/immunization.htm
The development of VISs in enhanced formats is an activity of
the Web-Based Immunization Information Resource Project. For
information on the project, contact the director of Healthy
Roads Media, Mary Alice Gillispie, MD, at
magillispie@healthyroadsmedia.org
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CDC issues "Summary of Notifiable
Diseases—United States, 2005"
CDC published "Summary of Notifiable
Diseases—United States,
2005" in the March 30 issue of MMWR Summary of Notifiable
Diseases.
The summary has three primary sections. They are Part 1:
Summaries of Notifiable Diseases in the United States, 2005;
Part 2: Graphs and Maps for Selected Notifiable Diseases in the
United States, 2005; and Part 3: Historical Summaries of
Notifiable Diseases in the United States, 1974-2005. The opening
paragraph of the preface is reprinted below.
The Summary of Notifiable Diseases—United States, 2005 contains
the official statistics, in tabular and graphic form, for the
reported occurrence of nationally notifiable infectious diseases
in the United States for 2005. Unless otherwise noted, the data
are final totals for 2005 reported as of June 30, 2006. These
statistics are collected and compiled from reports sent by state
health departments to the National Notifiable Diseases
Surveillance System (NNDSS), which is operated by CDC in
collaboration with the Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists (CSTE). The Summary is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/summary.html This site also includes
publications from previous years.
To access a web-text (HTML) version of the summary online, go
to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5453a1.htm
Because the summary is a large file (1.1 MB), printing problems
may occur because of printer memory size. One solution is to
print a few pages at a time. To access more tips on downloading
and printing large PDF files, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/nslt.d/tips.htm
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version, go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5453.pdf
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Register now for the B Informed
2007 patient conference
[The following is cross posted from IAC's Hep
Express electronic
newsletter, 3/28/07.]
The 7th Annual B Informed Patient Conference will be held in
Philadelphia on June 8–9.
In collaboration with the Hepatitis B Information and Support
List and the Chinese Health Information Center of Thomas
Jefferson University, this year's conference will include a
special afternoon Parents Session on Friday, June 8, featuring
one of the nation's leading pediatric HBV specialists, Dr.
Maureen Jonas, Children's Hospital of Boston. Information
sessions will focus on new advances in treatments, healthy
living with hepatitis B, discussing hepatitis B with family
members and friends, and the basics of hepatitis B in English
and Chinese.
View the complete program at
http://www.hepb.org/patients/patient_conference.htm
For more information, or to register online, go to:
http://www.hepb.org/patients/patient_conference2007.htm There
is no charge for conference registration.
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CDC reports on progress toward
polio eradication in Nigeria in 2005-06
CDC published "Progress Toward Poliomyelitis
Eradication—Nigeria, 2005-06" in the March 30 issue of MMWR. A summary made
available to the press is reprinted below in its entirety.
During 2006, Nigerian authorities and partners implemented new
strategies (e.g., offering a better polio vaccine along with
other health benefits) to address the resurgence of polio in the
country. If efforts to improve vaccination coverage continue
during 2007, the country will progress towards polio
eradication.
The majority of the world's 2,000 cases of polio in 2006 were
reported by Nigeria. Some northern states of Nigeria stopped
vaccination in 2003-4 due to suspicions about the polio vaccine,
resulting in chronically low vaccination coverage. This, along
with poor-quality mass campaigns, led to ongoing poliovirus
transmission there. Health authorities in Nigeria initiated
major innovations in 2006, including using a more effective
vaccine and changing the way that campaigns were implemented.
The newly organized Immunization Plus Days offered supplemental
health benefits (e.g., de-worming medication and other
immunizations) in addition to the polio vaccine and improved
health worker interaction with local communities. During 2005-6,
there was a significant reduction in the number of unvaccinated
children. The continuation and expansion of Immunization Plus
Days, if implemented well, should ensure progress towards the
goal of polio eradication in Nigeria.
To access a web-text (HTML) version of the complete article, go
to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5612a3.htm
To access a ready-to-print (PDF) version of this issue of MMWR,
go to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5612.pdf
To receive a FREE electronic subscription to MMWR (which
includes new ACIP statements), go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrsubscribe.html
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AIM Provider Toolkit is a
resource guide for immunization in Michigan
The Alliance for Immunization in Michigan (AIM)
recently
announced the availability of its 2007 Providers Immunization
Toolkit for Children & Adults. The toolkit is a resource guide
containing the most current standards of practice, forms, and
methodologies for immunization in Michigan.
To access the online version, go to: http://www.aimtoolkit.org
For Michigan immunization providers: To order one free print copy, go to
http://www.hpclearinghouse.org/preframestart.htm Select
"Immunization," and then select "IM106 Immunization Provider
Toolkit Limit 1."
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Connections in Health Care
conference scheduled for June 20-21 in Duluth, MN
Connections in Health Care is planned for June
20-21 in Duluth,
MN. Among the speakers are CDC's William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH;
IAC's Deborah L. Wexler, MD; and the Minnesota Department of
Health's Kristen Ehresmann, RN, MPH. The deadline for
registration is June 11.
To access the conference brochure, which includes a registration
form, go to:
http://www.medinfosystems.org/images/pdf/Conference%20Brochure.pdf
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Public Health Congress planned
for July 16-18 in Washington, DC
The 2007 Public Health Congress, scheduled for
July 16-18, will
be held in the Mandarin Oriental, Washington, DC. Its goal is to
bring together federal, state, and local health officials,
hospital and health system administrators, and private sector
executives to improve preparedness, prevention, and infectious
disease control.
For comprehensive information, go to:
http://www.publichealthcongress.com
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